Debbie Teoh – Authentic Peranakan Cuisine

Chef Debbie Teoh is a true Nyonya – her father is a Baba from Malacca and her mother a Nyonya from Penang. Debbie learnt the rudiments of Peranakan cooking from her family; both Southern Nyonya and Northern Nyonya cooking. Debbie has flown the Peranakan flag and given heritage talks at events worldwide. She has published seven cookbooks; the most recent is Debbie Teoh’s Favorite Recipes.

Nyonya or Peranakan cuisine is the stuff of legend. As descendants of early Chinese migrants in Penang, Malacca, Singapore and Indonesia married with local populations, the culinary marriages were just …